Acronyms for the Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices
ACRONYM
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FULL FORM
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| DHCP OSPF |
Open Shortest Path First |
| VLAN |
Virtual Area Network |
| DTP |
Dynamic Trunking Protocol |
| VTP |
VLAN Trunking Protocol |
| STP |
Spanning Tree Protocol |
| PVST+ |
Per VLAN Spanning Tree |
| RPVST+ |
Rapid Per VLAN Spanning Tree |
| BPDU |
Bridge Protocol Data Unit |
| PAGP |
Port Aggregation Protocol |
| LACP |
Link Aggregation Control Protocol |
| DHCP |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
| SVI |
Switched Virtual Interface |
| LSA |
Link State Advertisement |
| EIGRP |
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol |
| PPP |
Point to Point Protocol |
| MLPPP |
Multi-Link Point to Point Protocol |
| PPPoE |
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet |
| GRE |
Generic Routing Encapsulation |
| MPLS |
Multi-Protocol Label Switching |
| VPN |
Virtual Private Network |
| DMVPN |
Dynamic Multipoint Virtual Private Network |
| eBGP |
External Border Gateway Protocol |
| HSRP |
Hot Standby Routing Protocol |
| QoS |
Quality of Service |
| ACLs |
Access Control Lists |
| APIC-EM |
Application Policy Infrastructure Controller – Enterprise Module |
| SNMP |
Simple Network Management Protocol |
| ICMP |
Internet Control Message Protocol |
| SPAN |
Switched Port Analyzer |
| AAA |
Authentication, Authorization, Accounting |
